Lester Prairie School Staff Receive Service Awards

Lester Prairie School District celebrated their staff members with years of service awards.  The following staff members pictured from left to right, front to back were given a plaque for their distinguished service within the Lester Prairie School District.  Also honored was Carolynn Maas who will retire at the end of the school year.  The Lester Prairie School Board and Community would like to thank all staff members on a wonderful school year, their years of service, and a happy retirement!

Connie Murphy-40 years

Terri Schuft-Helland-5 years

Mike McNulty-5 years

Cathy Houg-35 years

Carolynn Maas-20 years

Jen Brandel-25 years

Mike Bjork-5 years

Not pictured:  Jannina Wall-10 years, Vicki Fasching-20 years

Elementary and High School Awards Day

The Lester Prairie Elementary and High School held their annual Awards Day on Thursday, May 29th.  Students won awards for physical fitness testing, academics, participation in extra-curriculars, perfect attendance, and many other areas.  The end of the year PBIS drawing also took place with the giving away of a 32" LED television to Kayla Lorentz, and numerous other prizes including a stereo system, powerade's, and sport's balls.  Some of the awards that stood out were the Principal Believe in You Award and Scholarship Nomination, which was won by Nick Machemehl.  Perfect attendance was wonderful with the largest number in recent years.  Other notable awards were the Academic Excellence Awards which are associated with the Gathering of Champions, which will take place on August 1st at the Mall of America.  Students for the Academic Excellence Awards were nominated by their teachers for areas of perseverance, academic excellence, and participation in school activities.  Awards Day was a culmination of a year of dedication and hard work by students and staff members.

Elementary Award Winner Pictures

High school Award Winner

 Band Award - Most Valuable and Rookie

Bulldog Barks Award Winner

 CAD Award

Fine Arts Award Winners

Gold Achievement Award Winners

Gold Achievement Award Winners

JH Band - Most Valuable and Rookie Award Winners

KDUZ Award Winners

Silver Achievement Award Winners

Silver Achievement Award Winners

Student Achievement Award Winners

Teacher Aides

Student Council members

Lester Prairie Field Day and Free Lunch/ Picnic

The Lester Prairie students in grades K-5 participated in field day activities.  The Lester Prairie Ambassadors and Dairy Princess Genna Jeurrisen helped students through events along with staff members and NHS members.  The Dairy Council provided free chocolate milk to students at the conclusion of the event which was set up and organized by LP Physical Education teacher, Mr. Neubarth.  Students participated in events such as relays, hurdles, water balloon toss, tug-of-war, and basketball toss.  Students also participated in a picnic lunch enjoying the weather and eating outside.  

Students in grade 6-12 participated in a free-lunch sponsored by the Youth Task Force.  The mission of the Youth Task Force is "Creating a web of support for the safety and well-being of our teens and pre-teens".  The Youth Task Force is comprised of members within the community who are church leaders, business owners, Police Officers, and other leaders throughout Lester Prairie and McLeod County.  Members of the Ambassadors, Melissa Williams (who organizes the Ambassadors and also is a member of the Youth Task Force) and the Dairy Princess were also supporting the effort.  

Dairy Princess Genna Jeurissen Visits Kindergarten Class

Dairy Princess Genna Jeurissen visited the Kindergarten class on Friday. She shared information with the students about milk and cows. Then the class made butter.

Lester Prairie Elementary Students Participate in Bike Rodeo

Officer Preston Voigt conducted a Bicycle Safety Talk at Lester Prairie Public School today.  The winner of the bicycle was Alayna Logan (Mrs. Kramer’s class).  The bicycle was donated by Angvall Hardware.  Congratulations Alayna!!  We hope we have enough participants next year to have a Bike Rodeo.

Lester Prairie High School Physics and Physical Science classes go to Valleyfair

Caleb Sebora uses an angle finder to measure the height of the "Steel Venom" ride at ValleyFair amusement park during Physics Day.

Kindergarten Field Trip to Bell Museum

The Kindergarten class also went to the Bell Museum for their field trip.